This is expected behavior now. By default connections are set as
"Available to all users"; which creates key files in /etc/NetworkManager
/system-connections, since Oneiric. If you uncheck "Available to all
users", connections will still be created as such, but further
information will be added to the keyfile to make sure it's marked as
belonging to your user, and the password will be saved in the keyring
instead,
With the files in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections; permissions
are set so that only root can read the file.
Since this is expected behavior, I'll close this bug report as Invalid.
** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959445
Title:
NetworkManager saves wired passwords in cleartext in
/etc/NetworkManager (instead of storing them in gnome-keyring)
Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
I have a notebook with an encrypted /home partition.
I have noticed that wired 802.1X connections I create through nm-
applet and stored in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections contain
unencrypted password. While I wouldn't mind for my personal wifi
networks, I have a few 802.1x Wired connections whose password I can't
afford leaving unprotected, as I use them also for work emails and
other services.
I have gnome-keyring as a standard for Xfce; it works, as I can use it
to save passwords for wireless networks.
I have tried un-ticking the "Available to all users" box and "Connect
automatically", but it doesn't change this behavior.
I'm using Xubuntu Ubuntu precise (development branch) 12.04 on amd64,
just upgraded from 11.4 on which I had the same problem.
Here are a sample configuration for a wired network:
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